HURST REPORTS ON CABINET of Wednesday 28 September 2022
The Cabinet was convened at approximately 10:30 am with prayers by a minister of religion, and concluded at about 3:30 pm, or five hours later. Two members were absent, away…
A message from the Heart and Stroke Foundation on World Heart Day
Ask anyone what the last two years have been like amid the global pandemic, economic slowdowns and the soaring cost of living and they will probably say “stressful”. Stress doesn’t…
Earthquake recorded off Antigua and Barbuda
UWI, SRC – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME:2022-09-28 3:48 pm (Local Time)2022-09-28 19:48 (UTC) MAGNITUDE:5.3 LOCATION:Latitude: 17.67NLongitude: 61.74WDepth: 10 km NEARBY CITIES:63 km NNE of Saint John’s, Antigua and…
President Ali urges Chile to develop strong, effective Food Safety Authority
(INEWS)President Dr. Irfaan Ali lauded the drive and determination of the Republic of Chile during its 212th Independence anniversary celebration on Tuesday evening at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown. The…
GECOM yields to APNU+AFC request for more info on absent voters to be sent for verification
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Wednesday told Election Commissioners that she has handed over more names of persons who the opposition A Partnership…
28 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Barbados
Twenty-eight people, 13 males and 15 females, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, September 27, from the 362 tests conducted by laboratories across the island. The cases comprised eight persons…
The right to die
Representatives of the medical and Christian community are recommending a national consultation on the merits and demerits of legalising assisted suicide. That consensus emerged on Monday night during another Man Talk discussion…
Guyana’s Dr Irfaan Ali giving CWI cricket tourism schooling
Caribbean cricket is now being graced with the involvement of two Presidents both with the common background of having served as Tourism Ministers for their respective countries, President Dr Irfaan…
T&T Supermarkets, WITCO concerned over Tobacco Law
Some supermarkets may stop selling cigarettes at their establishments after a law prohibiting how tobacco products are displayed is being enforced after many years. Cigarette dispensers advertising each brand available…
Expect more hardship in T&T warns economist
He giveth and he taketh away. And in an almost “Biblical sense” this is what Finance Minister Colm Imbert did, said economist Dr Marlene Attzs as she examined the 2022/2023…
